HYMENOPTERA. 2/1 



8. AmTULEX ANGUSTICOLLIS. B.M. 



Ampulex angusticoUis, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 108. 64 $ . 

 Chlorion angusticolle, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. GC. 4. 



Hab. Cayenne; Brazil (Para). 



9. Ampulex ^nea. 



Ampulex senea, Spin. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. 110 $ . 

 Chlorion aeneum, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. 110. 



Hab. Cayenne. 



10. Ampulex thoracica. B.M. 



Male. Length 5i lines. — Blue-green : the head coarsely 

 punctured, elongated and much narrowed behind the eyes ; the 

 carina on the face produced at the apex into an acute spine ; the 

 lateral angles of the face produced and acute. The pro- and 

 mesothorax with large deep punctures ; the prothorax elevated 

 posteriorly, and transversely striated in front; the metathorax 

 with a central and four lateral carinse, the interstices transversely 

 striated, the posterior angles terminating in long stout bent 

 spines ; the wings subhyaline, with two indistmct fuscous fasciae, 

 one crossing the second submarginal cell, the other traversing 

 the apex of the externo-medial cell. Abdomen smooth, shining 

 and impunctate. 



Hab. Brazil (Yilla Nova). 



This is probably the male of Ampulex angusticoUis. 



11. Ampulex raptor. B.M. 



Male. Length 5 lines. — Bright green : head thickly and 

 coarsely punctm-ed ; the clypeus carinated in the centre and 

 produced into an acute spine at the apex. The pro- and meso- 

 thorax covered with large deep coarse ])unctures; the metatho- 

 rax with a central carina and four lateral ones, between which 

 it is transversely striated ; the lateral a})ical margins of the supe- 

 rior surface ]n-odnced into a stout long curved spine ; the trun- 

 cation rugose ; wings hyaline, with a faint cloud crossing the 

 second submarginal cell, and occupying also the base of the mar- 

 ginal cell ; the legs with tints of blue on the tibia; and tarsi, the 

 coxai and thorax beneath with large, not very close, deep punc- 

 tures. Al)domen ovate, with a blue tinge on the disk ; the first, 

 third and following segments coarsely punctured; the second 

 segment with finer scattered punctures. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



